You must complete the following:
(Include the number of the question)
1. Name of the genetic disease
Color Blindness is the disease.
2. Symptoms of disease
Symptoms of color blindness varies but common systems are not being able to see red, blue, and green. Another symptom is seeing colors differently then they actually are.
3. When is the disease usually detected... at birth or later in life?
Color blindness is usually detected early in life.
4. Frequency of carriers of this disease in the population
0.5% of Women in the world have color blindness.
5. Frequency of disease in the population
About 7% of the male population have color blindness.
6. Mode of inheritance. Is disease dominant, recessive, sex-linked or due to non-disjunction?
Color blindness is recessive, and sex linked.
7. Is disease autosomal ( on the first 22 pairs of chromosomes), or is it on the X-linked or sex chromosomes?
It is sex linked and the X chromosome carries it.
8. What chromosome number has been determined to carry this gene?
The X chromosomes carries this gene.
9. What treatment, if any, is used for this disease? How does the treatment affect the disease?
There is no medical treatment for color blindness.
10. What is the prognosis or outlook for your baby's recovery?
There is no treatment but this is a minor disease that will have little affect on the baby's life.
11. What future techniques might be used to correct or eliminate your baby's disease?
There has been testing with color blindness in monkeys so it wont be log until there is a cure.
12. Discuss in detail what difficulties, if any, a parent would encounter in raising a child with this disease.
Being color blind is not the worst disease that you can have. Most people cant tell the difference. People with color blindness can still do normal things, they can even drive.
13. Include diagrams of your child or factors related to your disease.
You must complete the following:
(Include the number of the question)
1. Name of the genetic disease
Color Blindness is the disease.
2. Symptoms of disease
Symptoms of color blindness varies but common systems are not being able to see red, blue, and green. Another symptom is seeing colors differently then they actually are.
3. When is the disease usually detected... at birth or later in life?
Color blindness is usually detected early in life.
4. Frequency of carriers of this disease in the population
0.5% of Women in the world have color blindness.
5. Frequency of disease in the population
About 7% of the male population have color blindness.
6. Mode of inheritance. Is disease dominant, recessive, sex-linked or due to non-disjunction?
Color blindness is recessive, and sex linked.
7. Is disease autosomal ( on the first 22 pairs of chromosomes), or is it on the X-linked or sex chromosomes?
It is sex linked and the X chromosome carries it.
8. What chromosome number has been determined to carry this gene?
The X chromosomes carries this gene.
9. What treatment, if any, is used for this disease? How does the treatment affect the disease?
There is no medical treatment for color blindness.
10. What is the prognosis or outlook for your baby's recovery?
There is no treatment but this is a minor disease that will have little affect on the baby's life.
11. What future techniques might be used to correct or eliminate your baby's disease?
There has been testing with color blindness in monkeys so it wont be log until there is a cure.
12. Discuss in detail what difficulties, if any, a parent would encounter in raising a child with this disease.
Being color blind is not the worst disease that you can have. Most people cant tell the difference. People with color blindness can still do normal things, they can even drive.
13. Include diagrams of your child or factors related to your disease.